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		</div><p>Gaming giant Activision Blizzard is set to buy the maker of Candy Crush in a deal worth US$5.9bn.</p>
<p>Activision said the purchase of King Digital Entertainment would “create one of the world’s largest entertainment networks” with more than half a billion active users in 196 countries.</p>
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<p>King chief executive Riccardo Zacconi will continue in his role at the firm, along with chief creative officer Sebastian Knutsson, and chief operating officer Stephane Kurgan.</p>
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